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English Literature

Literary Histories

The Cambridge History of English Literature [ PR83 .C224 Reference ]

A fifteen-volume set that provides "a connected account of the successive movements in English literature"; volume fifteen is a general index to the set.

The Short Oxford History of English Literature [ PR83 .S26 Reference ]

A one-volume overview of English literary history from the Old English period to postmodernism.

The Oxford Chronology of English Literature [ PR87 .O98 2002 Reference ]

A two-volume set that provides a year-by-year listing of significant English literary works; volume two contains author and title indexes.

A Chronological Outline of British Literature [ PR87 .R57 1980 Reference ]

A one-volume source that lists significant publications; as well as births, deaths, and other literary events; covering the years 516 to 1979.